Improvement in kitchen-tables



UNITED STATES PATENT FFIor.

CHARLES H; TOWNSEND, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN KITCHEN'TABLES.

specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,711, dated April25, 1876; application filed April 2, 187 5.

To all whom it may concer'n Be it known that I,`CHARLEs H.. TOWN- SEND,of Oakland, Alameda county, State of California, have invented anImproved Kitchcn-Table; and I do hereby declare the followingdescription and accompanying' drawings are suftlcient to enable anyperson skilled in' only be provided with more oonvenient drawers forcontaining flour and other small articles required in cooking, but willalso have a slding bread-board which can be drawn out ,upon either sideVof'the table.

My improved table is fully represented in the accompanyiug drawings, inwhich` the figure is a perspective View. i i U A represents a table,having the ordinary bracing-,strips B secured around it below thetable-top. Below these bracing-strips I constructztwo large dra-wers, OO, one below each end of the table, so that they can be drawn outseparately. The inside of each of these drawers is made semicircular inone direction. I make the outside semicircular also, so that noprojecting corners will he left to be in the way of a person standing`in front of the table.

` These drawers are intended to contain flour,

and by .making their interior semiciroular in one direction I leave noCorners for the fiour to pack into, and render its removal from themmore convenient.

In the strip B, directly 'above the drawers O O, I make two or moresmall drawers, E, in

which small articles-such as are required in a kitchenJ-can be kept.Directly under the` `top board of the table I arrange a kneading'-board, F, so that it can slide out or in upon either side' of the table,similar to a drawer.4 When the kneading-board is closed into the tableit is entirely out of the way, and when it is required it is withinconvenient reach, it being' only necessary to draw it out like a drawer.p

To strengthen the middle of the table, where the strain upon theknea-ding-board is received, an additional or fifth leg, G, may beplaced between the two flour-drawers, O G, so that it also aids insupporting the weight of the flour in the drawers.

This kneading-board will be very convenient in case the table is used asa dining-table, as it Will Serve as an extension to sustaiul articlesusually placed on a sideboard.

I thus' provide a cheap and very convenient i kitchen-table, Whioh Willnot only be ornamental, but Will save many steps in the kitchen.

Having' thus described my inventiou, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent iskitchen-table consisting of theitop A, provided withthe bread-boardF, arrang'ed to slide from either side of the table, andthe sliding' semicircular drawers O O below, all constructed to operatesubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand [L. s.] o I

